Never understood the UNC hate here, of all places, but whatever. No skin off my...nose. This isn't a UNC board and we all need someone to hate (I guess?).
https://twitter.com/JayBilas/status/918846670019989504
Briefly: you can't bend the by-laws to fit the facts. There is not a by-law that covers ANY of this. There were very, very similar cases at Auburn (psy) and Michigan (soc) and the NCAA determined there were no violations at those schools-- just as they did today. In the Michigan case, students just had to create a calendar to receive academic credit.
My personal opinion is that it is also jacked up to allow academic credit for for athletic performance. Zero academic rigor, but at Nebraska, for example, you can get 10% of your degree by playing a sport, where the athletic department controls both your access and your grade (both are considered no-nos). Two former ODU baseball players I know IRL have told me this was practice at ODU as well.
The NCAA absolutely does not want to be in the business of determining the suitability of classes, How does a class at ODU stack up against Shenandoah stack up against dook?
Read @WalterByers on Twitter. There's a fair amount of crap about NCAA officials, etc, to discount but he does a decent job of outlining why the NCAA had no case, the evolution of the NOA's, etc. Start way back in the beginning and work towards the present.
I don't expect to sway anyone's opinion, but it sounds like most of you forged yours from N&O headlines.
I doubt I'll weigh-in again as I know this is an unpopular opinion. Have fun storming the castle!